Letters from Harold Edward 'Pompey' Elliott to his family, May 1917 - December 1917 - Part 15

Belgium.

My dearest Katie.

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somewhere elve. We are
having a few days welcome
at preoent before you
reg
back into the line. Apte the
turr give Hobbe pomured
me that I can go or leave
This should be about the
leginning of neamonth all
Herswill. Alos he raid
as far as we knew wean
tustime
not to attack
intonly wold thatine Not
that we gai much by that for
te Bosche shelling of Lat
has been prettyanful. Eve
fear the well know S.M
6
2
Doctorm killed at thil
H. A just as we conout &
Major Buller tho 3 9th Mr. Docton
was mortall moundedi
idprrt th on
hys
early in the noring
day
ms a prefllord & a great
He
 

friend of Seordie's. Iwonder
Emother aic
hass pr
or hyr
& is toobd
Heariry his woas. a
What wretched cowards
ther prissians are proving
now, they car only kill their
own I
icers I think
Thomand of the best serma
no ten hum have
tro
alreadyarrived here as
feared would be the care
Do add soon difficulties.
dont wee how we co
hmbly advance further
here now with all thi
ightfremnd & sluv
ampin in. So I mon
it will be anothewnted
for us t sead amids
tome cans of Tuch
it al
ut have already occuned
though thowather is still
gint mild compared to
 

lust yoou at the same time
but the bitterport + nowd ma
full now any time. Wrai
evry otherday which keeps
t bautifully rloppy
the
General Berdwood called
to see me this morning
He is looking sather carewom
& no wonder for I cannot ne
now we are tbe keptgoin
in thefield + not a sign.
Conocrption yor Hughes
afternearly 12 months
Nowthath is back he doesn
reen tlare a duig for
us over here
there only tatee that care
Man Bryedaren
alot her bld
hove &miltions of proper fio
You Heryom Dida&
fore oice Retorto Buat
Wana
 

Belquim
122/10/1
My dearest beater fore
The Honor firt came out
for this wrigades by gight last night
Maron, Woran Marshall & Neil Freenon
eact got D.S.0s. bany Kewart got a bor
to his D.S.O. & quite a reap of myloy.
got military brooses & 8.C.N.Y..
military medals. I am delighted that
they have ben rewrded, like that. I
Ihovs too the immerve importance
the Commander to Chief attached to the
Brigades work. It few were dasappointed
not very lew. - Len Stillman whose nome
rent r did yeided work little
if at all inferior & those who go
military brorses. I must hear bim
in mind for another day &try
& get it god him. The newtelanceinc
He or thokings Beithday just gune
uneess is the meantin the ag
ugually distinguishes humsely
weror is delighted that Worna
markhall & mason have her pewandn
and hs om mer think the world.
 

fom
up. Stewart. There was nothing
her
in this lost for your old nor
but there is peetty me tobe a C.B.
tmy PtS. at the new Dear

Horror List- if not before - But as I told
you before it was thB.S.O. I waswanting
more than anything all the time +
don't care a lit about getting anything
prther except thus it may delight my
old lidy. I am of course wtill
worried alontt that wrotched himers
t Roberts. milowe sentin
me.
a Cable, raying that some arrangement
had ben. come too & hermnen going on
tatisfactoril but goodness know
what I am call for. Wht I feel
most is that with this wo
byr
mind & his keying me writful I cannot
think the out as they should be om
poor boys may suffer from this
I wrld almoss rother tenves at once
that I have been stpped to thelastpeng
that have the thing ware ngover me
have bad tot lett mother
like this
a time.
the trants a
advise syn,
 

3.
wlicitor not to go to Mr Roberts but
either of then mention it to yyou tell them
I would ratter it was not discussed
at all as the bunness may be injures
which will be all thoworse for me in
the end. If it can be kegst going for a
time I may just - dissolre the
partiente get out of tho whole thing.
that will be bad enough in all
conscience as I shall lave their
with nothing unters metting i the
military line turns u it thoeve
of the war. If it does ner here it
will mean a longer exilettar ever
pou my dear ones ad how I do
ims
th
Ge
dear one we must still thank God that
I am still is thes world with you
& not as scordie & so many many more
Everyone is ro win about Beordie
are.
I have had sme uonderful ercages
one must think it is only you pragers
that keep me wye amidot to mud.
duacfnt warghti
 

close up agan bhad the frondhines
We are now
we moved b yesterday. We hardly got a
wnk of selp last night- Thel must fav
ven at least 100 Brmks dropped all over
the place about were. I was & anar a little
corrugated pron but that has ben run
up &on account of the wnterting sonear
the furface you cannot have augouts except a
a veryfer places wher there is a hill. Thes
was what net the Germouss o building
ther reinjoced concrete Hoethoure.
very liter thon kitchener put u is spica
but much stronger- They can be bottens
dow but ond by very by whells + are laid
to but. They are good welter for us too
when we take them but the Sermans contrny to
u know exactly where each of then is &
en wher we dremns neceed in masting
then in keeps all tho place around then
hearily shelled is it is difficult tge
mar then. Also the door & speneng thet
serves for a brdow is always on the
Hermar nide of course & imetiner shall
come in that way as when Major Bulla
was kitled
Please give my conjistaation
 

to Mrs Marstall & the Stewarts or then
borr honors. & tell then I am delighted
that then good work las ben recognized
like this. Norman Marshall will be A.S.O.M.&
m but came teit does not get any fulter
letters except thatn the tiny but they will put
an name then the letter D.S.C. & bury no people
who look at the Hinglest will always yors
Also he will wear in tho centes of his
Tuilbor a tiny silver rose. When he
wears the medal in full dress it will have
a far above it, but the rooe will not bewoin
have heard a rumor that then in
I
new Australion marl in- Hope there
scapt
some letters from my dailings. Oh Billy
Pearce one of Violet old precthearts who was
mentioned in despatcher.
r harry fr the
tokehold of the soutland. He voruntened t
act asa taken when she was thought the
rinking + helped to being her rafely ashore &
got his M.L In bravery at Poziere.
has been killed in some of the receiv.
gighting. And is the nost goes or
My new Brygade Major & Statf Captan are trying in
he
peher strysin
& scall by rosting then us
said I am
id
O
a make comevning of them some time or sinte
 

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3297
31d Sertes
 

P.S. I hate going ir leave
tending any money mis
at all but it is enential
if I am not tobreak down
with the Stre that
should go away at
intervals. c
out the nent time whic
will be joing soor of Ian
still rafe sent Hokb
mays that I am to take
my 10 days leave. I must
ty & spend very little money
though & Relpitall for you
Kat. It is a reandal thrugh
this it may all retitpon as